TWiV reviews compelling virology themes for 2024, as heard in our 98 episodes, including 22 guests.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Kathy Spindler

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• ASV 2026
• Dismantling of science and public health in the US including TWiV 1199, TWiV 1191, TWiV 1197, TWiV 1203, TWiV 1205 , TWiV 1209, TWiV 1211, TWiV 1215, TWiV 1217,  TWiV 1219, TWiV 1221, TWiV 1223, TWiV 1225, TWiV 1227, TWiV 1231, TWiV 1233, TWiV 1241, TWiV 1243,  TWiV 1245, TWiV 1285.
• Herpesviruses and dementia TWiV 1187, TWiV 1207, TWiV 1249, TWiV 1263, TWIV 1233
• Hepatitis B, C TWiV 1213, TWIV 1237, Chari Cohen, Stephan Urban, Thomas Tu, TWiV 1279
• POTW themes/highlights
• Dickson Despommier passes TWIV 1195, TWiP 254, YouTube excerpt, DDD Photography, ‘Despommier’s Parasitic Diseases’
• H5N1 in dairy cattle TWiV 1193, TWiV 1257, TWiV 1259 (goats), TWiV 1211
• EBV and Lupus TWiV 1273
• Vaccines TWiV 1209, TWiV 1265, TWiV 1267
• Some classic papers TWIV 1241, TWiV 1273, TWiV 1275, TWiV 1279, TWiV 1269
• Respiratory infections awaken dormant breast cancer cells TWiV 1243
• Phages TWiV 1261, TWiV 1181
• Letters read on TWiV 1285
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Weekly Picks

Kathy – APOD for 1/1/2026; American Kestrals Put the Cherry on Top    Primary article (open access) Vincent – Science in Your Own Back Yard by Elizabeth Cooper

Listener Picks

Bill – They did the Monster Slash and Elle Cordova Rona – The married scientists torn apart by a COVID bioweapon theory

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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